ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY (ASCC)

one vision
one identity
one community
 ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)
The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) is one of the three pillars of ASEAN Community. It is
committed to lifting the quality of life of its people by putting their welfare and well-being at the heart
of its activities. To promote better quality of life for the peoples and their communities in ASEAN, the
Member States cooperate on a wide range of areas such as:

Culture and Information

Education, Youth and Sports
Social Welfare and Development
Women and Gender
Labour
Civil Service
Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
Environment
Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
Health and Communicable Diseases
Science and Technology

Over the years, ASEAN has witnessed strengthened cooperation in social protection, promotion and
protection of rights of women and children, humanitarian assistance in times of disasters, management
of cross-border health and environmental risks, improvement of peoples health and well-being,
development of opportunities for education, exchange and employment of young people and raising
awareness on ASEAN cultures and identity.

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ASCC Blueprint 2025
Given the complex challenges in the region, the ASCC envisions an ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
where people feel the benefits of being part of ASEAN. The ASCC Blueprint 2025 will thus strive for a
community that engages and benefits the people, and is inclusive, sustainable, resilient and dynamic.

To do this, the ASCC will work towards:

A committed, participative and socially-responsible community;

An inclusive community that promotes high quality of life, equitable access to opportunities for all and
promotes and protects human rights;
A sustainable community that promotes social development and environmental protection;
A resilient community with enhanced capacity and capability to adapt and respond to social and
economic vulnerabilities, disasters and climate change; and
A dynamic and harmonious community that is aware and proud of its identity, culture and heritage.

Milestones in 2016
ASEAN Culture and Arts Cooperation Dialogue
ASEAN Day on Disaster Management
ASEAN Regional Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise (ARDEX) 2016
ASEAN Risk Assessment Centre for Food Safety (ARAC) and the ASEAN Food Safety Policy
ASEAN Rabies Elimination Strategy and Plan of Action
ASEAN-EU Project on Support to ASEAN Heritage Parks and Protected Areas
ASEAN-EU Project on Sustainable Use of Peatlands and Haze Mitigation under ASEAN Programme
on Sustainable Management of Peatland Ecosystems
ASEAN Haze-free Roadmap
Fifth ASEAN State of the Environment Report
ASEAN ESC Model Cities Year 3
ACB (ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity) 2016 Conference
ASEAN/UNDP/GEF Project on Integrated River Basin Management in ASEAN Countries
One ASEAN One Response Conference
Publication of the ASEAN Regional Assessment on MDG Achievement and Post-2015 Development
Priorities
Publication of the Study Report on Projected Gender Impact of the ASEAN Economic Community
Gender Sensitive Guideline on Handling Women Victims of Trafficking in Persons
Assessment Report of Laws, Policies and Practices of ASEAN Member States Relating to Identification
and Treatment of Victims of Trafficking Especially Women and Children
ASEAN Guidelines for a Non-Violent Approach to Nurturing, Care, and Development of Children in All
Settings
Establishment of the ASEAN Network of Family Development
Establishment of the ASEAN Research Network on Ageing

Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
The ASCC continuously consults and partners with a broad range of stakeholders in the government, civil
society organisations, multilateral organisations, the private sector, the academe and ASEAN Dialogue
Partners.

Mechanisms and Platforms under the ASCC

ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network (AWEN)
ASEAN Social Work Consortium (ASCW)
Network of Experts on Inclusive Entrepreneurship in ASEAN
ASEAN Childrens Forum
ASEAN GO-NGO Forum on Social Welfare and Development
ASEAN Forum on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
ASEAN-China Environmental Cooperation Forum
ASEAN Forum on Sustainable Consumption and Production

ASEAN Centres and Partner Institutions

ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) Partnership
Group (www.aadmerpartnership.org)
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (www.aseanbiodiversity.org)

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 We are ASEAN! - a simulation exercise on disaster management.

ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) (asmc.asean.org/home/)

ASEAN Conference on Civil Service Matters ASEAN Resource Centre where every pregnancy is wanted, ev
Ten ASEAN Resource Centres (under ACCSM)
ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (www.ahacentre.org)
ASEAN Risk Assessment Centre for Food Safety
ASEAN Risk Communication Resource Centre
ASEAN University Network (www.aunsec.org)
China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Centre (chinaaseanenv.org/english)

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August 1967. The Member States of the Association are
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.
The ASEAN Secretariat is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
For inquiries, contact:
The ASEAN Secretariat
Public Outreach and Civil Society Division
70A Jalan Sisingamangaraja
Jakarta 12110
Indonesia
Phone : (62 21) 724-3372, 726-2991
Fax : (62 21) 739-8234, 724-3504
E-mail : public@asean.org

Catalogue-in-Publication Data
Fact Sheet ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
Jakarta: ASEAN Secretariat, December 2015
360.0959
1. Ethnics Welfare Education
2. ASEAN Social Community Cultural Community
ISBN 978-602-0980-66-9
ASEAN: A Community of Opportunities
Photo credits: ASEAN Secretariat.
General information on ASEAN appears online at the ASEAN Website: www.asean.org
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